Platforms for Tripods

The bird migration has begun...

At the Baltic Sea, I have the opportunity to photograph waders both on the beach and at waters with shallow shorelines or flooded meadows.

On the beach, it is often enough to lie on your stomach and wait for the animals to come within photo distance.

 It's quite differen...

Macro accessories from Wimberley, the Plamp Family for precise macro photography Anyone who seriously engages in macro photography sooner or later stumbles over the same situation: the subject is beautiful, but the light isn’t right, a light breeze tugs at the blossom, and the diffuser is lying some...

The Flexshooter tripod headsaccept almost all camera plates and L-brackets, lens plates and replacement feet with Arca-compatible profile with a width of 38 mm.

Flexshooters with lever clamp are a bit more tolerant; here you can readjust the clamp width so that your camera or lens sits really firmly ...

Somehow the camera gear has to be carried.

But how do you attach the camera strap to your camera or your lens?

Traditionally, a carrying strap is attached to two lugs on the camera; with heavy lenses, a carrying strap is attached via lugs on the tripod collar.

This is often annoying,...

FAQ about the Flexshooter tripod head When you start looking into the Flexshooter tripod head, the question usually isn’t whether to get one, but rather the famous “Yes, but which one exactly?

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In this FAQ about the Flexshooter tripod head we’ve collected the typical questions we get more frequen...

Discover the innovationModular replacement feet for telephoto lenses from Augenblicke-eingefangen For ambitious photographers who are always looking for the perfect balance between stability and flexibility, the modular replacement feet from Augenblicke-eingefangen offer a modern solution.

These in...

…unfortunately not very much.

In this post, we will gradually test and publish the compatibility of quick release components from various manufacturers.

Listed below, you will find which 38 mm dovetail systems are compatible with each other and which do not fit together.

For this, one must look f...